Transit Update: Back to the Beaufort Scale
As promised, this post provides an update on the ocean conditions during our return transit. Compared to the relative calm…
Guest Blog: Georgia Grant, Sedimentologist
In Baffin Bay, off the coast of Greenland, on a research drilling vessel, the JOIDES Resolution, I found myself surrounded…
Heike Zimmermann: Expedition 400 Paleoecologist
While the JOIDES Resolution makes its way back to Reykjavík through some rocking seas, the ship’s scientists have a bit…
Bergy Bits and Growlers: Ice Navigation in the Arctic
In this blog, we speak with Victor Gronmyr, an Expedition 400 ice navigator, about the tools he uses to keep…
Wavelets and White Horses: The Beaufort Scale Explained
On a recent ship-to-shore broadcast, one of the JOIDES Expedition 400’s ice navigators was asked about the challenges posed by…
Protecting Marine Life in Baffin Bay During Expedition 400: Part II
The Protected Species Observer Watch (PSO Watch) plays a vital role in seismic profiling of seafloor sediment in Baffin Bay….
Protecting Marine Life in Baffin Bay During Expedition 400: Part I
The Protected Species Observer Watch (PSO Watch) plays a vital role in seismic profiling of seafloor sediment layers in Baffin…
Albert, Expedition 400’s Baker, Puts the Joy in JOIDES
Step into the JOIDES Resolution‘s galley during the tranquil predawn hours and the scents of cinnamon and vanilla pull you…
It Takes a Team to Make Science Work
It Takes a Team to Make Science Work One hundred and seventeen individuals boarded the veteran JOIDES (JR) research vessel…